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1. An electronic equipment comprising: a body including a central control unit for executing an operating system, the body consuming power; a power source connected to the body via a bus, the power source including a secondary battery and a fuel cell generating power by reacting a fuel and air; a battery control means for controlling the secondary battery; and a fuel cell control means for controlling the fuel cell; wherein the battery control means or the fuel cell control means transfers a secondary battery power information indicative of an amount of power remaining in the secondary battery, or a fuel cell status information indicative of a status of the fuel cell to the central control unit via the bus.
2. A method of supplying power to an electronic equipment including a body inducing a central control unit for executing an operating system, the body consuming power, a power source connected to the body via a bus, the power source including a secondary battery and a fuel cell generating power by reacting a fuel and an air, a battery control means for controlling the secondary battery, and a fuel cell control means for controlling the fuel cell, the method comprising of the steps of: receiving a secondary battery power information indicative of an amount of power remaining in the secondary battery; receiving a fuel cell status information indicative of a status of the fuel cell to the central control unit; transferring a secondary battery power information or a fuel cell status information to the central control unit via the bus.
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January 4, 2011
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